Strider (NES)
The NES version of Strider was developed simultaneously with the more famous arcade version, but it’s a huge departure from …
Space Quest IV
Space Quest III already fudged quite a bit with the fourth wall, what with you having to rescue the Two …
Ninja Warriors, The (SNES)
The title of this game is confusing – it’s simply called The Ninja Warriors in Western territories, which seems to suggest that …
Gradius Gaiden
Gradius Gaiden is the perfect example of how to evolve a series. Graphically, it does to Gradius what Symphony of …
Space Harrier II
Space Harrier II was one of the first titles for both the Mega Drive and Sega Genesis when released in their …
Shark Attack
Back in the early ’80s, digitized speech was a pretty snazzy thing. That is, if you could understand it. You …
Dragonstomper
If you ask RPG fans what the original console RPG was, odds are most will tell you it was 1986’s Dragon …
Bust a Move: Dance Summit 2001
Dance Summit 2001 is a spiritual successor to the Bust a Groove series released on the PlayStation 2. While Enix of America had …
Litil Divil
If it’s better to reign in Hell than serve in Heaven, that must mean serving in Hell really stinks. That’s …
No One Can Stop Mr. Domino
From a conceptualization point of view, game development is not without risk. Games are laborious works, with long development times …
Ninja Warriors, The
Back in 1986, the suits at Taito had an innovative idea – what if they took three arcade monitors and …
Beast Busters – Second Nightmare
Note: the screenshots come from YouTube user turfmasta‘s gameplay videos. Almost exactly a decade later Beast Busters received a sequel on the short-lived …
Ys VI: The Ark of Napishtim
After the release of Ys V, Falcom slowed down on original game production. Much of their time seemed to be spent …
